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Sept. 16. 1924. 41,508,818

w, A. PolDA BEADWORK LOOM Filed June V, 1923 www Kga/WW.

Patented Sept. 16, 1924.

`UNlTED STATES ICE.

WILLIAM A. POIDA, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BEADWORK LOOM.

Application led .Tune 7,

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that WILLIAM A. POIDA, a former subject of the Kin of England, and a resident of the city of C iicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, who has forsworn his allegiance to said King of Eng land and declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and therefore is not now a citizen or subject of any country, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beadwork Looms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in bead-work looms and has lfor its object to pro-vide a h-andy and eiiicient loom for making bead watch fobs, necklaces, bracelets, belts, etc., and in which all the work supporting and holding elements may be readily adjusted, reset, or replaced to suit the size and material of the particular article to be woven on said loom.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which,

Fig. l is a plan view of my improved loom with Warp threads mounted in posi tion thereon,

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, showing in dotted outline the supporting mechanism at one end of the loom reset for weaving a shorter article, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view.

My improved device comprises a base member or frame bar 6 of wood or any other suitable material which may be penetrated or has a penetrable upper portion and which is suiliciently rigid to retain its shape; and further comprises a supporting member 7, which may consist of a strong wire rod bent in the shape of a yoke or inverted U with sharpened ends, or any other suitable rigid member provided with sharpened lower portions, whereby the work supporting members may be readily mounted or reset at any desired position on the base member 6 by pressing said sharpened ends or portions into the base member, substantially as indicated in the drawing. A coiled spring 8 or similar suitable means is removably mounted on the upper or yoke part of sup 1923. Serial No. 643,893.

porting member 7 `and provides spaces for receiving the warp threads 9 which the coils of said spring hold laterally in spaced relation. The spaces between the coils o'f the spring substantially agree with the width of the beads used `for making an article, and i l and its provided with a sharp end, prcferably a threaded end, for conveniently driving said member into the penetrable base member (i, and witha hooked or bent over upper portion 1l for receiving and holding the parts of the warp threads forming the ends of the article.

It will be apparent from the above div.- closure that the supporting and holding members 7 and 1() may be readily withdrawn from the base board and reset thereon at any desired or required position to suit the particular length of the article to be woven on said member; and furthermore that the coiled spring 8 may be readily exchanged in order to provide the exact spacing means for spacing the warp threads to suit the width of the beads used for the article woven on said loom.

While I have illustrated. and described the preferred form of construction `for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the :inven' tion. l, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth but desire to avail myself of such variw ations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letw ters Patent is:

l. A bead work loom comprising a base member, supporting members resettably mounted on said base member, extensible re silient means removably mounted on each lll) supporting member for receiving and spacing thewarp threads of articles to be made on said loom, and means for holding the Warp threads taut during construction.

2. A beadwork loo'm comp-rising a base member, yoke members resettably mounted on said base member, coiled means removably mounted on eac-h' yoke member lfor spacing the lWarp threads, and members mountable'i in various .positions longitudinllyor said" bzsemember for holding the Warp threads inoperative position.

y 3. A bead vvork loom comprising an integralifbase member, supporting members reserttablyr S-Inounted'A onv said ybase member, meanson "s'a'idisupporting members for spacthei lWarp rthreads, l.and a single threaded member resettably munted oni said 'base member ioiitvvard offfeach supporting memberfor holding saidvvarpfthreads `in, proper positip .52 f Y f f4. :Allgem fior making Workl articles,

Y saith` loomconiprisingafbase with a penetrab'leportion, members for supporting said artic-le during construction and provided Witlri' sharpenedp'arts pressable into said penetrableportionrof thebase member, removable means on! said supporting members providing spaces for retaining the warp threads infpropeli'lateralVY position, and means rholding i said:` yWarp threads longitudinallylinpositioniF 5g 'A'floom for'vveaving bead wor-k articles 'and-comprising afY base `member of Wood, supportin means #with parts vpressable into said woo en base `for mountingz said supporting? means in,v its proper position, means 'Ohrfigaldfsupporting -means fOrl retaining threads of -said article in proper lateral position, and means drivable into said base in any desired position for holding said Y threads taut.

6. A bead work loom comprising a base, yokes -With sharpened ends pressable into said base at any required position, coiled springs mounted-'on-"said yokes for properly spacing the Warp threads, and means readily resettable on said base to suit the length of the article and for holding the warp threads taut.`

-7. A loom for weaving bead work articles which comprises a base member of wood, supporting yokes with sharpened ends pressable into said 'woodenbasa coiled springs mounted on said yokes `for retaining warp threads spaced, and threaded ins. fastenable into said base at any suit( le position for holdingr 1said threads taut. i

8. A Vloom comprising penetrable *base means, `work supporting means having means for penetrating said base means to mount said supporting means at various positions thereon, means removably mounted on said supporting tmeans and providing equal spaces thereon, and means with ends to penetrate and be held in said base means for holding threads'in said spaces on said supporting means.

In testimony whereof 'I have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. POIDA.` Witnesses FREDA C. Aramon, f :MARGARET Arnaiz.` 

